promise
From LSJ
ὡς μήτε τὰ γενόμενα ἐξ ἀνθρώπων τῷ χρόνῳ ἐξίτηλα γένηται → in order that so the memory of the past may not be blotted out from among men by time
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
v. trans. or absol.
P. and V. ὑπισχνεῖσθαι, ἐπαγγέλλεσθαι, ἐπινεύειν, V. ὑπίσχεσθαι, συναινεῖν (also Xen.), αἰνεῖν, καταινεῖν, P. κατεπαγγέλλεσθαι.
Absol., P. and V. ὑφίστασθαι, P. ὑποδέχεσθαι, ἀναδέχεσθαι, V. ἐξαγγέλλεσθαι.
pledge oneself: Ar. and P. ἐγγυᾶσθαι.
promise to be, be likely to be: P. and V. μέλλειν (infin.).
promise well: P. and V. εὖ προχωρεῖν.
subs.
P. and V. ὑπόσχεσις, ἡ, P. ἐπάγγελμα, τό.
assurance, pledge: P. and V. πίστις, ἡ, πιστόν, τό; see pledge.
hope, expectation: P. and V. ἐλπίς, ἡ.
